, although a remnant population may have survived in per ##isha ##ble huts interspersed among the ruins . even these final inhabitants abandoned the city in the 10th or 11th centuries and the rainforest claimed the ruins for the next thousand years . some of ti ##kal ' s population may have migrated to the pete ##n lakes region , which remained heavily populated in spite of a plunge in population levels in the first half of the 9th century . the most likely cause of collapse at ti ##kal is over ##pop ##ulation and agrarian failure . the fall of ti ##kal was a blow to the heart of classic maya civilization , the city having been at the forefront of court ##ly life , art and
, although a remnant population may have survived in perishable huts interspersed among the ruins. even these final inhabitants abandoned the city in the 10th or 11th centuries and the rainforest claimed the ruins for the next thousand years. some of tikal's population may have migrated to the peten lakes region, which remained heavily populated in spite of a plunge in population levels in the first half of the 9th century. the most likely cause of collapse at tikal is overpopulation and agrarian failure. the fall of tikal was a blow to the heart of classic maya civilization, the city having been at the forefront of courtly life, art and